@iron&clay – “This was definitely a Christian message movie
about man-kinds need for a Savior.”

To me the message was
exactly the opposite.

It is our propensity to not take
responsibility for our actions and to cede our autonomy (and choices) to others
deemed wiser & more powerful (what a “savior” represents) that
always gets us into trouble in the first place.

Any religion or
ideology that preaches the savior motif, no matter how much they couch their
rhetoric in ideas like free agency or “the people,” is always most
concerned with conformity, obedience and convincing people to give up some
amount of autonomy (and often money) today in order for a better future. And
this pernicious idea is infinitely more powerful and destructive when that
better future is in an eternal afterlife.

There is no better or
easier way to turn people into pliant sheep than this… as the movie makes
abundantly clear.

"It is our
propensity to not take responsibility for our actions and to cede our autonomy
(and choices) to others deemed wiser & more powerful (what a
“savior” represents) that always gets us into trouble in the first
place. "

This statement defines the left, the progressives,
letting government or elites define what good or best for us. and control every
aspect our lives.

While extreme religion is a problem, it really a
small problem, compared to what secularists and progressives have done over last
century or two.

It would wise to look at all ideologies that are
seeking and gaining control, rather than the needless obsessing over mostly
harmless and mostly do good for society religion.

@the greater truth – “… rather than the needless obsessing
over mostly harmless…”

I’m curious what you think
is so bad about what secularists and progressives have been doing for the last
century or two.

Is it so bad that we no longer have slavery; that
women can vote; that we have an eight hour work day; that we try to protect the
environment; that we take care of our elderly (a small sample of what
progressives have championed)?

And as long as these things are
instituted through the democratic process (we are free to choose them or not), I
don’t see a big problem. If anything a progressive worldview is in danger
of moving us closer to countries like Sweden (hardly a place a mass suffering
and unhappiness).

Or we could choose to give the reigns entirely to
religion. Curious if you would want to live in any of the countries where
religion is the dominant political force – for example, Pakistan,
Honduras, Saudi Arabia, etc., etc., etc…